Fence-post.



wi/lmmm Maw/ PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906. F. TENNIGKEIT.

FENCE POST APPLICATION FILED P334, 1903.

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FRED TENNIGKEIT, OF DRUMMOND, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

FENCE-POST- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed February 4, 1906. Serial No. 244.231-

To (LZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, FRED TENNIGKEIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Drummond, in the county of Garfield and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fence-posts.

The object of the invention is to combine the advantages of a wooden and a burntclay or cementpost.

With the foregoing and other minor objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in a fencepost comprising a plurality of sections of burnt clay or cement and wood, the wooden sections being interposed at proper intervals between the burnt-clay or cement sections.

The invention also resides in the particular combination and arrangement of parts and in the precise details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence constructed in accord ance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of the improved fence-post.

Like reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in the views.

As shown in the drawings, the improved post comprises a plurality of sections 1, which are constructed of any suitable nonwooden material-such, for example, as burnt clay or concrete. Interposed at suitable intervals between the non-wooden sections 1 are wooden sections 2, which are adapted to receive staples or other suitable fastening devices 3 for securing the wires 4 of the fence in position. It will be observed that the wooden and non-wooden sections are superimposed upon each other and that each of the wooden sections is arranged between a plurality of the non-wooden sections, all the sections being held securely in assembled position by means of a rod 5, which extends longitudinally through the post and is provided on its upper end with a nut 6 and washer 7.

The construction of the improved post of this invention is such that it may be made of any desired length by merely employing a greater or lesser number of sections and a longer or shorter rod.

It will be apparent that by interposing the wooden sections in the manner described the advantages of a wooden and non-wooden post are combined in a simple, practical, thoroughly-feasible, and inexpensive manner.

Minor changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claim without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A fence-post comprising a plurality of superimposed sections of stone, burnt clay or similar material, a plurality of sections of comparatively soft material arranged between the hardened sections, and a binding means for the sections comprising a rod projecting through an aperture formed in each section, and means carried by the rod to engage each end section.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED TENNIGKEIT. l/Vitnesses:

W. S. WHITTINGHILL, HARRY N. HORNER. 

